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Webb insists he has not been losing sleep over decisions he made in the World Cup final, and believes he did a reasonable job in difficult circumstances, but he admits he sat down to watch the game all over again shortly after coming home.

MICHAEL SULLIVAN: The military moved in shortly after dawn; Thai troops in armored personnel carriers making short work of the protestors 'makeshift barricades, as the troops advanced cautiously but steadily up Rachadamri Road, high-rise condominiums and office buildings on either side.